The Court emphasizes the necessity for expert verification of signatures in cases involving forgery allegations and mandates cooperation from the parties for investigative purposes.

O R D E R Dated this the 10^th day of February, 2026 The petitioner in WP(C).No.16859 of 2019 field this review petition praying for reviewing the order dated 3.11.2025 passed by this Court.

2. The prosecution case is that the accused after forging the signature of the defacto complainant, obtained duplicate ATM card from the Federal Bank, Angamali Branch and operated the bank account of the petitioner.

3. From the case diary produced by the learned Public Prosecutor, it was revealed that the Assistant Manager, Federal Bank, Angamali South Branch had given a statement to the effect that there is no difference in the signature of the defacto complainant given in the Account Opening Form and also in the application given for duplicate ATM card. It was also stated by the investigating officer that at present the complainant and the petitioner are abroad and for further investigation, their presence is required and also that it was in the above context, for the time being, a report was given as 'undetected'.

4. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner will come down to India in April 2026. She also contended that the statement given by the Assistant Manager of Federal Bank that the signature of the defaco complainant in the Account Opening Form and the signature in the application given for duplicate ATM card are identical, is not correct.

5. In the above circumstances, the petitioner is directed to report before the investigating officer as and when she comes down to India.

6. There will be a further direction to the Investigating officer to verify the signature of the defacto complainant in the Account Opening Form and the signature in the application given for duplicate ATM card, with the help of an expert. The investigating officer shall also make every endevour to collect the electronic evidence, if any, available with regard to the offence alleged in this case.

With the above observation, this Review petition is closed.

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